The vertical skate ramp at Blake Park in Mount Maunganui will be demolished next week.

Tauranga City Council reports the old ramp is being removed due to safety concerns about the condition of the ramp surface.

The skate ramp at Blake Park will be demolished next week.

The ramp will be renewed and the procurement process for that is underway.

Tauranga City Council has also decided to postpone the planting of Queen Palms and Katsura trees to replace the Illawarra flame trees along Grey Street until the next planting season.

Five Illawarra flame trees were removed due to the roots damaging infrastructure along the road.

The postponement is to allow council staff extra time to assess how best to handle the problem of bird droppings that has been affecting Grey Street.

There are currently eight Katsura already well-established in the city centre. In the meantime the empty tree pits in Grey Street have been filled in and cobbles will be laid next week.

This information from this week's Tauranga City Council weekly bulletin for the week beginning Monday, September 17, published below.

Parks

• TCC will be carrying out a substantial prune on the two large Gum trees located on the 11th Ave road frontage of Memorial Park.

• This is to manage dead wood in the trees for public safety. The works are programmed to be carried out once the AIMS Games have finished; they are penciled in for the 20 - 21 September.

• Works are underway this week to install a new suspended ceiling in the Northern Room at the Elizabeth Street Community Centre, the result of a health and safety project to replace the current paper ceiling which has been deemed a fire risk.

City Libraries

Tauranga Library:

• Monday 17 September, 10am-2pm Maori Land Court Clinic in Okahukura Room.

• Wednesday 19 September, 1-2pm, Law for Lunch seminar on Parenting: An overview of parenting law, the family court process and legal aid.

• Wednesday 19 September, 10.30-11.30am and 5.30pm - 6.30pm, Library Book Club.

• Friday 21 September, 10-11.30am, Genealogy Workshop on Getting started for Beginners in the Learning Centre.

Transportation

• Construction Sites: Watch for construction vehicle movements around large commercial construction sites at:

• Police Station Site Willow Street

• 24 Pacific Avenue

• Horny Bull Site, The Strand

• Cameron Road/Elizabeth Street construction and road improvements. Expect delays at signals due to island and footpath works.

• 40 Selwyn Street at the corner of Elizabeth Street and Selwyn Street

• Edgecumbe Road: Work to build a new footpath link in Edgecumbe Road between Fourth Avenue and Seventh Avenue is due to start this week. Construction of the new footpath is expected to take a week to complete, weather permitting.

• Spring Street Parking Building: Now open until 11:30pm Monday - Saturday and after 7pm it is free to park.

• Triton Avenue Reconstruction: Work to reconstruct the section of Triton Avenue between Portside Drive and Totara Street has started. Weather permitting, the work is expected to be finished by the end of September. Please expect delays and take care when driving in the area.

• The Strand Northern Reclamation Car Park: The car park at the northern end of The Strand will be closed on Sunday 23 September for the Waterfront Opening Celebration event.

• Ultrafast Broadband: Work to install Ultrafast Broadband is being done in the Greerton to Pyes Pa area and in the residential areas north of Concord Avenue to Banks Avenue. Most of the work is being done off the road.